Access to the Workplace Launch Event 2025

"By Looking beyond graduation, DCU Access to the Workplace aims to give students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds and neurodivergent students access to the same career opportunities as their peers. This would not be possible without their support of our incredible partner companies." Jason Sherlock Director of DCU Educational Trust

Access to the Workplace Launch Event 2025 took place in Chartered Accountants House on Pearse Street. Now in its sixth year, this award-winning programme provides professional summer internships for DCU Access students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and for neurodivergent students.

The launch event, Beyond Bias: Unlocking Future Talent, explored how organisations can develop a workforce that is diverse, inclusive and ready to embrace the possibilities of an unscripted future.

Talks included a fireside conversation with Sinead Donovan, Chair of Grant Thornton Ireland and immediate past president of Chartered Accountants Ireland, who discussed how the accounting profession is working to challenge bias and advance equity in the workplace. She also shared her insights and learnings from Grant Thornton initiatives to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.